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Once again, the Great Place to Work® Institute Belgium has announced the 20 Best Workplaces™ in Belgium. Alongside this ranking, 25 organisations have also received a ‘Great Place to Work®’ certificate in recognition of their status as good employers. Results are predominately based on the opinion of employees at the firms in question. This annual study is carried out by the Great Place to Work® Institute Belgium in conjunction with Vlerick Business School and media partner Jobat.

Employees have made their voices heard about the companies they work for. The Great Place to Work® Institute reached 48,000 employees with its survey, and tonight announced the 20 Best Workplaces™ Belgium at the Docks Dome Event Hall in Brussels. EASI and Torfs once again hold the number 1 position in the Best Workplaces ranking. 24 organisations also received a ‘Great Place to Work®’ certificate in recognition of their good employment practices.

About 25,000 employees have cast their votes and tonight the best workplaces in Belgium were announced at the Event Lounge in Brussels. A total of 35 organisations were recognised for their excellent employership. A great place to work is an organisation where people trust their management, are proud of their jobs and enjoy being at work. The study is conducted annually by the Great Place to Work® Institute Belgium in partnership with Vlerick Business School and media partner Jobat/Mark Magazine.

Employees have cast their votes once again. Yesterday evening the best workplaces in Belgium were announced – and EASI and Torfs lead the top ten Best Workplaces in Belgium in 2017 for the third and fourth year in a row respectively. Best Workplaces are organisations where people trust their management, are proud of their jobs and enjoy being at work. The study is conducted annually by the Great Place to Work® Institute Belgium in partnership with Vlerick Business School and media partner Jobat/Mark Magazine.

According to the most recent ranking by the Financial Times, the Executive MBA programme at Vlerick Business School is the absolute number 1 in Belgium and number 2 in the Benelux. Within this top 100, we have climbed 3 places, to number 70 in the world. At a European level too, we have made a leap forward; moving up two places to number 25. With this result, we are continuing the upward trend of the last five years.

According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, Belgium has climbed 2 places in the worldwide ranking of countries based on their competitiveness. Belgium is currently at number 17 in the world. That brings us back to the position we held in 2012 and 2013, before we slipped down one place for two years running. Apart from that, there are various shifts in the global top 20, but no newcomers. The top three – Switzerland, Singapore and the US – remain unchanged.

In Flanders, one in ten people plans to start a new company in the next three years. This is a record number in comparison to 15 years ago. The flip side is that people are doing this primarily out of necessity, because they have no other choice. The virtually unbridgeable gap between an opportunity and an actual start-up experienced by the majority of Flemings can largely be attributed to a fear of failure and a lack of confidence in their own ability. These are the most important conclusions of the 15th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

The beginning of the new academic year, which was ceremonially opened in Brussels this week, marked Vlerick Business School’s launch of two new masters degree programmes. Students can study for a Masters in Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Leuven and a Masters in International Management & Strategy in Brussels. Both programmes, which respond to a trend towards greater specialisation, immediately got off to a strong start with 29 and 35 students, respectively.

No less than 9% of Flemish respondents want to start a new business within the next 3 years. However, a considerable gap remains between dream and reality, mainly due to fear of failure and a lack of self-confidence. It is also striking that people who start a new business effectively tend to do so based on necessity rather than opportunity. Start-ups have low ambitions in terms of job creation and innovation. Nevertheless, the international mindset in Flanders is among the highest in Europe.

For the second year in a row, EASI and Torfs are number 1 in their categories in the top 10 of Belgium's Best Workplaces 2016. The good scores obtained by the two companies are mainly due to their employee satisfaction levels. This is because the result of this annual, large-scale study by Vlerick Business School in collaboration with the Great Place to Work® Institute Belgium and media partner Jobat is based on an employee survey which determines two-thirds of the final score.